Display-stand.



S. FEUERSTEIN.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 23, 1913.

Patented May 12, 1914 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPM :0WASMINGTOM D. cv

SAMUEL FEUERSTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Application filed .Tune 23, 1913.` Serial No. 775,196.

To all @1J/0m it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL FnUEns'rniN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin DisplayeStands, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a display stand, ofpreferably, ornamental design, whereupon to arrange and display jewelry,such as linger' rings or the like in orderly, consecutive sequence, theseveral rings, or other pieces of jewelry varying in character, eachpiece bearing some relation to the legend or word that may be borne bythe respective supports.

As illustrative of the use of my invention I have shown in the drawingsa series of finger ring supports, each support bearing the name, oi'abbreviation of the name, of the months of the year, arranged inconsecutive order and the name of the respective stone, or stones orother eharacteristics of the jewelry, contained on the ring, to beemblemateally considered with reference to the respective month; thusthe stone emblematically associated with January is the garnet.; withJuly, it is the ruby, and so on for each of the months of the year, sothat the intending purchaser may note at a glance the proper ring orstone to purchase, to be presented as a birthday gift, for instance, forany month of the year.

Another and more specific object of my invention is to generally improvethe strueture of display stands, of this general character.

Other and further objects of my invention will become readily apparentfrom a consideration of the following description when taken inconjunction with the drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of mydisplay stand. Fig. 2 is a section, taken on line 22, looking in thedirection of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a similar section taken through oneof the blocks contained in the ring-supporting mechanism. Fig. 4 is asection taken on line i- 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section, similar toFig. 3, of a modified form of construction.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicatesimilar parts.

As shown in Fig. 1, my invention is em bodied in 12 blocks or supports,numbered from 1 to 12 consecutively and inclusively.

These are shown as representing a separate block for each support, butit is manifest that the eight blocks of the first row may be made in acontinuous structure and the covering divided transversely to resembleblocks or if desired they may be made in separate blocks, and the twoblocks on the left and on the right of the transverse central region ofthe device may be made separately or not as desired.

The supports consist preferably of wooden strips 15 and 1G separated asuilicient dis tance, as at 17, to provide a slot therebetween. As shownin Fig. 3, the wooden strips 15 and 16 each bear a ring 18 which crossesthe transverse slot 17 at two points. The ring is preferably made ofmetal and is raised somewhat above the front surface ol the strips 15and 16. The edges of the wooden strips 15 and 16 are covered with aproper finishing material such as silk velvet 20, or the like. Thevelvet is glued to the edges of the wooden strips, as at 21, and isbroughtl over into the confines of the rings 1S. A disk 22, preferablyof celluloid, contains a ring-receiving slot 23 and bears a legend, suchas that to which reference has heretofore been made, preferably the nameof the month, above the slot, and the name of the jewel, or othercharacteristic of ring to be borne by the support, below the slot. Theslot 23 is for the introduction of the ring, or other character ofjewelry, to be displayed in the device.

A cushion 24C is contained in the slot 17, between the strips 15 and 1G,which consists of a folded piece of fabric, such as silk, .25,containing a depression 2G, in the fold and having its edges glued orpasted to the edges of the strips 15 and 1G and bound down in the slots17, and stuffed with cotton, or the like, 28. The depression 26, in thiscushion registers with the slot 23, so as to form a soft cushion-likerecess for the reception of the ring.

If desired, the ring 1S of Fig. 3, may be extended, as shown at 1S ofFig. 5, whereby the transverse metal portion may extend to thelongitudinal edges of the strips 15 and 16, and the disk 22 may beinserted within the ring 1S to cover the inner edges of the fabric 20 insubstantially the same manner as shown in Fig. 3.

After the ring supports have been made, substantially in the mannerheretofore de scribed, they are mounted upon a frame generally indicatedby 30, consisting of an upright 31, provided with overlappinglongitudinal supporting strips 32 and 33 upon which the ring supportsare properly mounted and by which they are held in place. Another strip3e, lies somewhat lower than the strip 33, and is secured in the sainemanner with the strips 32 and 33 to the sides or end pieces 35 and 36 ofthe fra-me.

The entire structure is coveredV with fabric, such as silk velvet 20, orlike material, leaving spaces for cards 37 and 38 unoccupied, to be usedto support the cards that are to contain subject matter descriptive ofthe ewelry, the naine of the merchant, and for advertising purposes.

Thus it will be seen that my device coinprises a convenient, ornamentaland very valuable means for displaying jewelry and the like affordingvaluable information to the prospective customers and operating as ameans for aroinoting the sale and display of articles of jewelry in anattractive and convenient manner.

Having described my invention, what I claim with a View and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. In a linger ring display stand, theconibination of a support; av ring secured above the upper surface ofthe support; a separate covering overlying said support and ring andhaving a slot therein, the said slot registering with a slot formed inthe support, and a slotted name bearing disk overlying said fabric andwithin said ring.

2*. A support for a finger-ring displaystand comprising` two stripsseparated to provide a ring receiving'V opening; a ring secured abovethe upper surfaces of said strips; a fabric covering overlying saidstrips and ring and having a slot registering with said opening andaslotted naine-bearing disk overlying said fabric and within saidV ring.

3. A support for a nger-ringdisplaystand comprising two strips separatedto,

provide a ring-receiving opening; a tapered ring secured above the uppersurface of said strips; a fabric covering overlying said SAMUELFEUERSTEIN.

ln the presence of- FORE BAIN, MARY F. ALLEN.

Copiesl of this patent may be obtained. for live oentsleach, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

